Happy Independence Day! I always think of my friend in the UK on the Fourth. When I was still working, we were coming up on a Fourth of July holiday and he kept trying to schedule a meeting with me for that day. When I reminded him that we would be on holiday over here, he said, "Oh yeah, you DO still celebrate that little fracas". Guess it all depends on one's perspective and country of origin, eh?!? Grin.
Some of you have wondered what we do all day long at the lake. Well, here's a sample from yesterday. First, here I am all suited up and ready to play.
Yesterday we took about an hour and a half to get to our destination. Did I mention that this is a HUGE lake? 'Course it also took that long because we were towing kids around on Big Mable. When you do that, it involves a lot of high speed zigzagging, donuts, and then stopping to pick up kids that have been dumped in the water.
Also along the way, we stopped at the Tablerock version of Hawaiian cliff diving. Here's Brianna as she was in mid-leap. The kids had a blast climbing and then jumping.
We motored until we crossed the border into Arkansas. We finally arrived in Beaver, AR. It is basically a wide spot in the road. But it has this beautiful old suspension bridge leading into town. Believe it or not, it is a wood plank bridge! Vehicles make quite a clatter as they cross. We anchored in the shade below the bridge and had lunch.
And then we float! It has been in the 100s here (about 15 degrees warmer than usual for this time of year), so once I got over the shock of the cold water, it felt pretty dangled good. Not a bad way to spend the day!
Cheers,
Dr J
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